Autumn puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. A carrots, paler, sweeter cousin.
  2. 5. When the year’s hard work is finally gathered in
  3. 6. The thing you step in immediately after saying “I’ll be fine without wellies”
  4. 10. the night when knocking on doors for sweets becomes socially acceptable.
  5. 11. Spectacle lighting up November skies.
Down
  1. 2. Essential wear during these chilly months.
  2. 3. Hard-shelled treasure hidden inside a spiky green casing.
  3. 4. The vegetable that becomes both soup and decoration during the season.
  4. 5. Spikey autumn wanderer often found snuffling in gardens.
  5. 7. What American’s call this season.
  6. 8. A fire built for celebration rather than emergency.
  7. 9. Nature’s own confetti, covering the ground during the season.